HB797:

Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; underpaid work.

Bill Summary:

Community service work in lieu of payment of
fines and costs; underpaid work. Provides that in the program
established by a court to provide an option to any person upon whom
a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the
fine or costs by earning credits for the performance of community
service work, underpaid work, as such term is defined in the bill,
is added as an option for earning such credits before, during, or
after such person is incarcerated in a state or local correctional
facility, provided that such underpaid work is authorized by the
court. The bill makes offering such option for community service
work or underpaid work mandatory. The bill provides that a person
who is performing underpaid work shall be credited at the same rate
as the community service work rate less any wages received for the
underpaid work. Under current law, a court is required to establish
a program for providing an option for community service work in lieu
of payment of fines and costs but offering such option was not mandatory.